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keynote, tonic
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale
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supertonic
(music) the second note of a diatonic scale
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mediant
(music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
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subdominant
(music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale
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dominant
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
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submediant
(music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)
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leading tone, subtonic
(music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
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pedal, pedal point
a sustained bass note
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shake, trill
a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
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middle C
the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz
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chord
a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
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passing note, passing tone
a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes
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semibreve, whole note
a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)
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half note, minim
a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
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crotchet, quarter note
a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
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eighth note, quaver
a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
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semiquaver, sixteenth note
a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note
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demisemiquaver, thirty-second note
a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note
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hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note
a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note
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acciaccatura, appoggiatura, grace note
an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
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blue note
a flattened third or seventh
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monotone
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
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C
(music) the keynote of the scale of C major
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arpeggio
a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
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sforzando
an accented chord
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common chord, triad
a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
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seventh chord
a triad with a seventh added
